Education
•Masters in Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona – 2013.
•B.Sc. in Architectural Engineering, University of Jordan – 2008, GPA 3.58, (ranked 7th).
Professional Experiences
• Full-time lecturer at the German Jordanian University, 2013 - 2020.
•freelancer landscape architect at kawthar rayyan office
• landscape consultant at HS GROUP (Hani Sahooly consultants), for the masterplan of Sana'a city, and the Slemani masterplan 2020 from 2014-2016.
• Teacher Assistant at the German Jordanian University,
September 2010- July 2011
• TAHHAN&BUSHNAQ consulting firm as an Architect,
July 2008 – August 2010
• Training at Architect BELAL HAMMAD Office,
June 2007 – August 2007
Kawthar Alrayyan
Awards & scholarships
• winning the first prize in a the ABA portfolio competition in the University of Arizona 2012.
• winning the 2012 Grad Student Design Excellence, Best 2nd Year project student choice.
• The German Jordanian full scholarship to get my graduate studies from the University of Arizona 2011.
• The Michael Wade Memorial Scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic years, from the school of landscape architecture and planning in the University of Arizona
published work
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Publishing a paper titled “From Abandoned Mines to a Labyrinth of Knowledge: a Conceptual Design for a Geoheritage Park Museum in Jordan” as a first author as a collaboration of a researchers team with the German Jordanian Univerity.
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Participant in the collaborated project “ reclaiming open and public spaces in the metropolitan cities” between GJU and TU Dortmund University, spending a month research stay in Germany about Revierparks
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Presenting a research paper in the IFLA Beirut 2016 Conference "Unfolding Middle Eastern Landscapes" that was held in Beirut-Lebanon titled by “An Assessment of cemetery planning in Amman, Jordan: a guide to incorporating cemeteries in the planning process of green networks”.
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Participating in the Conference on "Landscapes of the Eastern Mediterranean: Challenges, opportunities, prospects and accomplishments" and being part of the training related to the project about landscape character assessments using GIS
Skills & Proficiencies
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
● Photoshop
● Auto CAD ( 2-D & 3-D )
● 3D Max
● VRAY Render
● sketch up
● IN design
● Microsoft Office
● movie maker
3-D modeling: 3-D Max (2 courses including advanced course& VRAY course), Auto CAD & Sketch up (advanced)
Graphics Design: Adobe Photoshop, illustrator & InDesign (advanced)